03716nam 22006614a 450 991078083210332120230721024914.01-280-49235-X97866135875890-8135-4831-410.36019/9780813548319(CKB)2520000000007886(EBL)871480(OCoLC)593317605(SSID)ssj0000337734(PQKBManifestationID)11256551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337734(PQKBWorkID)10294973(PQKB)10564160(MiAaPQ)EBC871480(MdBmJHUP)muse8083(DE-B1597)529936(DE-B1597)9780813548319(Au-PeEL)EBL871480(CaPaEBR)ebr10367290(CaONFJC)MIL358758(EXLCZ)99252000000000788620080815d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFit to be tied[electronic resource] sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 /Rebecca M. KluchinNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (287 p.)Critical issues in health and medicineRev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004.0-8135-4527-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-262) and index.From eugenics to neo-eugenics -- "Fit" women and reproductive choice -- Sterilizing "unfit" women -- "Fit" women fight back -- "Unfit" women fight too -- Irreconcilable conflicts -- The endurance of neo-eugenics.The 1960's revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals who endorsed crude notions of biological determinism sought to control the reproductive decisions of women they considered "unfit" by nature of race or class, and used surgery to do so. Incorporating first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, and the subsequent replacement of the eugenics movement with "neo-eugenic" standards that continued to influence American medical practice, family planning, public policy, and popular sentiment.Critical issues in health and medicine.Sterilization (Birth control)United StatesHistory20th centuryBirth controlGovernment policyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryReproductive rightsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySterilization (Birth control)HistoryBirth controlGovernment policyHistoryReproductive rightsHistory363.9/7Kluchin Rebecca M(Rebecca Marie)1478988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780832103321Fit to be tied3694860UNINA